The interim Māori health authority has moved another step forward with iwi leaders and Māori health experts appointed to the steering group tasked with choosing who will govern the authority.
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Urban Maori are absent from the steering group put together by Sir Mason Durie to identify candidates for the interim board of the Māori Health Authority.
The group is heavy on tribal executives, with Dr Matire Harwood the only medical practitioner.
Ngai Tahu s Sir Mark Solomon, Kim Ngarimu from Ngati Porou and Parekawhia McLean from Waikato Tainui chair have experience at governance or executive level on district health boards.
The other members are Rāhui Papa from Waikato Tainui, Rongowhakaata Trust general manager Amohaere Houkamau and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu chair Lisa Tumahai.
The Steering Group will provide advice to the Transition Unit in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on governance arrangements and initial appointments to an interim board.